This five-day course provides network engineers and technicians who are working in the enterprise sector with the knowledge and skills that are needed to study and configure the IP version 6 (IPv6) features of Cisco IOS Software. This course provides an overview of IPv6 technologies, covers IPv6 design and implementation, describes IPv6 operations, addressing, routing, services, and transition, and describes the deployment of IPv6 in enterprise and service provider networks. Hands-on labs and case studies are used to provide possible deployment scenarios. This course is worth 40 Credits in the Continuing Education Program Explaining the rationale for IPv6IP Address AllocationHistory of IPv4Next Generation of IP IPv4 WorkaroundsIPv6 Features and Benefits Features and Benefits of IPv6IPv6 AddressesIPv6 Autoconfiguration and AggregationAdvanced IPv6 FeaturesTransition Strategies to IPv6Market Drivers IPv6 Market Growth and TechnologiesCore IPv4 Address Space Exhaustion TimelineMergers and Acquisitions Driving ChangeGrowth of the InternetIoT and the Increasing Number of DevicesMultinational Compliance Efforts and ReferencesIPv6 Addressing